Greater Quotes by Adam Smith

10 Greater quotes by Adam Smith

Smith’s economic insight is distilled into ten concise reflections on growth and wealth. The snippets provide a quick glimpse of his belief that individual effort can fuel broader societal benefit.

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With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

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When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers.

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It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive…

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With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eye…

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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It…

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When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of…

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The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it…

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Ask any rich man of common prudence to which of the two sorts of people he has lent the greater part of…

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Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom…

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The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part…

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“The profligacy of a man of fashion is looked upon with much less contempt and aversion, than that of a man of meaner condition.”

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Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

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How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and…

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The liberal reward of labour, therefore, as it is the affect of increasing wealth, so it is the cause of increasing population. To complain…

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A sketch of a man facing to the right.

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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

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We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.

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